Yameen murder suspect in custody
The suspect was arrested from a residence near Yameen’s apartment building in Malé and was reportedly tailing the blogger on the night of his murder.
01 May 2017, 9:00 AM
A suspect in the brutal murder of blogger Yameen Rasheed was arrested Monday morning and remanded to police custody for 15 days, local media reports.
The young man was reportedly tailing Yameen on the night of April 22, but the police have yet to confirm that the arrest was in connection with the murder.
The 29-year-old writer and IT professional was found with multiple stab wounds in the stairway of his apartment building in the early hours of Sunday last week. He was stabbed in more than 30 places and died shortly after he was rushed to the hospital.
The suspect was arrested from a residence near Yameen’s apartment building in the Maafanu ward of the capital. The police cordoned off the area and searched the suspect’s home.
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